Tea or coffee infuser



(No Model.)

W. P. SOHUTTE.

TEA 0R COFFEE INFUSBR.

No. 369,742. Patented Sept. 13, 1887 WITNESSES INVENTOH QM fiz a' 27$fi A fforney N PETERS PhoXoLiihugv-nphcr, Washing nnnn c.

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UNIT STATES WILLIAM F. SCHUTTE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TEA OR COFFEE lNFUSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,742, dated September 13, 1887.

Application filed April 19, 1887.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. ScHUr'rE, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tea or Coffee Infusers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of'the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combination utens1l, tea-kettle, percolator, steamer, 8m; and it consists in certain features of construction, and in combination of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 IS a side elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, of the tubes, tea-kettle, cover, and percolator detached from the tea-kettle. Fig. 3 is an elevation, and Fig. 4. an enlarged plan showing zncgre especially the arrangement of the double A represents whatin the main is an ordinary tea-kettle, but is provided with a cap or plug, a, that is screwed on or into the spout, and with a cover, a, that is made to screw into the mouth of the tea-kettle, both cap and cover being constructed to make steam-tight A small tube, B, is made to extend through the cover a, to which latter the tube is rigidly attached, and just inside the cover the tube B screws into the nozzle 0 of the double pipes shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The latter consists, essentially, of two pipes,,c and 0, arranged side by side and fastened together, and dischar ing into the common nozzle 0. These two pipes are bent substantially in the form shown in Fig. 2, and the free end of the latter extends above the waterline of the tea-kettle. The pipe 0 is the steam-pipe and the pipe 0 is the water-pipe, the latter having a small orifice, 0 on the under side and at the lowest point of this tube. When a pressure of steam is had in the tea-kettle, the steam may pass freely through the pipe 0 into the pipe D, and the pressure of steam at the end of the pipe 0, aided by the suction of steam as-it passes through the nozzle G, will draw the water accumulated in the pipe 0 and discharge it through the pipe Serial No. 235,367. (No model.)

B, together with the jet of steam, after which only such a limited quantity of water will be discharged through the pipe B as can find its way through the small jet-orifice c.

The pipe B, outside the tea-kettle, is bent substantially in the form shown in Fig. 2. The outer end of the pipe 13 passes through and is rigidly secured to the cover d of the percolator D. The cover and percolator screw together, so that when the latter is to be charged, for instance, with tea or coffee,-it is unscrewed from the cover and then screwed back in place when charged. ,f llhe percolator has a perforated bottom, d, and has a false conical bottom, E, with a discharging spout or nozzle, 6. An upwardly-projecting flange, e, of this false bottom fits outside the percolator sufficiently tight to hold it in its place, making in effect an extensible false bottom that may be moved up or down some inches, according to the height of the vessel that is to be set under it. I

A conical strainer, F, is screwed on or slipped on, or otherwise detachably secured to the ends of the pipeB inside the percolator. This strainer is designed to conduct the .water and steam discharged through the pipeB well down into the charge of material in the percolator.

When the part D, which I have described as a percolator, is to be used simply as a steamer, the strainer, if it be in the way, may be removed; otherwise it will do no harm if it remain. By removing the tea-kettle cover a and substituting an ordinary cover, and re moving the cap a, we have in effect an ordinary tea-kettle.

With the device complete, as shown, we have an excellent device for making tea, coffee, or other extract. When the percolator is to be used simply for steaming purposes, the double pipe aforesaid may be unscrewed and removed. The percolator is admirably adapted for steam ing, for instance, vegetables, as the condensed water will be drained off, leaving the material dry and meal y.

What I claim is The combination, with a tea-kettle having a cover and a cap or stopper for the spout made to screw on, of a tube attached to and passing through such cover, a percolator, substantially as described, connected with the outer tion, in the presence of two witnesses, this 2d end of such tube, and the steam and water day of April, 1887. pipes located within the kettle and connected with the inner end of such tube, the parts he WILLIAM SOHUTTE' 5 ing arranged substantially as described, and Witnesses:

for the purposes set forth. ALBERT E. LYNCH, In testimony whereof I sign this specifica- CHAS. H. DORER. 

